Cute Thanksgiving Juice Box Idea for Kids
It’s the season for holiday parties! And whether you’re this year’s room mother in charge of planning the class Christmas party or are hosting a family-friendly get-together at your house, this cute Thanksgiving juice box idea is sure to be a hit with the kids. All you need a few simple craft supplies to turn juice boxed or pouches into adorable pilgrim hats to serve to everyone at the kid’s table!
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In addition to being a cute way to dress up a popular kid’s drink, these adorable Thanksgiving drinks for kids also make a great craft. And they’re easy enough for your kids to help with, which means you can spend some quality time together putting together drinks for the class party.
We made these drinks for my son’s class Thanksgiving party and they were a big hit! I’m sure the kids in your kid’s class will love them just as much!
Thanksgiving Juice Box Idea
The thing I love most about this craft is how easy it is to make. And your kids are sure to love drinking them because what kid would say no to a juice box?
To make these Christmas drinks for kids, you’ll need:
- Juice boxes or pouches
- Black paper or cardstock
- White paper or cardstock
- Yellow paper or cardstock
- Scissors
- Glue
First, remove the straw from the juice box and set it aside. Then, measure the height of the juice box and cut the black paper to fit. I used my paper cutter to cut each piece of this juice box craft, making it super quick and easy!
Once you have all the black pieces of paper cut to fit the juice boxes, it’s time to cut the rest of the pieces. First, cut a one-inch wide strip of white paper that is long enough to wrap all the way around the juice box.
Then, cut a rectangle of yellow paper as wide as the front of the juice box and around two inches tall.
After you have the rectangle shape cut out, fold the piece of yellow paper in half and cut a smaller rectangle out of the center to form a buckle shape.
Now all that’s left to do is put the pilgrim hat together! First, wrap the black paper around the juice box and secure it with glue. I used my hot glue gun to put this craft together to make sure all the pieces stay on well.
After that, wrap the white strip of paper around the juice box and secure the ends in place with glue.
Then, glue the buckle onto the top of the white strip of paper.
Once you have all the pilgrim hats assembled, just glue or tape the straws to the back of the juice box and they’re ready to serve!
Questions About Making Thanksgiving Juice Boxes
Once you see how easy these cute pilgrim hat drinks are to make, you’re going to want to put them together for the kids every Thanksgiving! Check out these questions and answers to find out everything you need to know about putting together your own juice boxes at home.
How do the kids drink the juice?
If you’re making this craft with juice boxes, the kids can easily drink the juice because the hole for the straw isn’t covered by the paper.
Can I use juice pouches?
If your kids like pouches like Capri Sun instead of juice boxes, you can easily adjust this craft to use pouches! But once you put them together, you may be wondering how the kids will be able to get the straw in the drink. As you’re putting the craft together, make sure you don’t glue or tape the paper to the top of the drink. That way, it won’t be stuck to the front and cover the hole for the straw.
Can my kids make this craft?
This craft is so simple, your kids can definitely help. While I used hot glue to attach the pieces to the juice box, they can easily be glued on using traditional white glue. You’ll just have to wait a little longer for the glue to dry before enjoying the Thanksgiving drinks for kids.
Thanksgiving Juice Box Craft
Create some adorable pilgrim hat drinks for your kids at your holiday celebration with this fun Thanksgiving juice box idea.
Materials
- 1 package of juice boxes (8 juice boxes)
- 4 pieces black cardstock
- 1 piece white cardstock
- 1 piece yellow cardstock
Tools
- Scissors
- Hot glue gun
Instructions
- Remove the straws from the juice boxes and set them aside.
- Measure the size of the juice box on black paper and cut out one piece to fit each juice box.
- Cut 8 strips of paper one-inch wide and long enough to wrap all the way around the juice box.
- Cut 8 yellow rectangles as wide as the front of the juice box and around 2 inches tall.
- Fold the yellow rectangle in half and cut out a smaller rectangle from the center to form a buckle shape.
- Wrap the black paper around each juice box and glue it in place.
- Wrap the white strip around the juice box and glue the ends in place.
- Glue the buckle shape to the front of each juice box on top of the yellow strip.
- Glue the straw to the back of the juice box.
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Emily is a midwestern mom of two boys. She loves all things DIY — from home renovations to kids birthday party planning. Whether she’s making a new farmhouse craft for her home or helping her kids with a cool activity, you can bet she’s in the middle of some kind of DIY project (or three) right now!
